Shadows in the Storm
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| Directed by | Terrell Tannen |
| Written by | Terrell Tannen |
| Produced by | A.J. Cervantes Ronald S Altbach Strathford Hamilton J. Daniel Dusek |
| Starring | Ned Beatty Mia Sara Michael Madsen James Widdoes Donna Mitchell |
| Cinematography | John J. Connor |
| Edited by | Marcy Hamilton |
| Music by | Sasha Matson |
| Distributed by | Vidmark Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shadows in the Storm is a 1988 drama/thriller film directed by Terrell Tannen, and starring Mia Sara, Ned Beatty, Michael Madsen and Troy Evans.
Plot
[edit]Thelonious Pitt, a daydreaming businessman, goes to the Redwood Forests of California. There, he meets a beautiful woman, Melanie. She looks like the woman he has been seeing in his dreams.
At the river late at night, when Melanie's husband finds them, he attacks Thelonious until Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires three shots at her husband. His body goes into the river. That is when the nightmare begins.
Cast
[edit]- Ned Beatty as Thelonious Pitt
- Mia Sara as Melanie
- Michael Madsen as Earl
- Donna Mitchell as Elizabeth
- James Widdoes as Victor
- Joe Dorsey as Birkenstock (Joe Dorcey)
- William Bumiller as Terwilliger
- Peter Fox as Hotel Clerk
- Troy Evans as Detective Harris
- Bob Gould as Detective Wand
- Tracy Brooks Swope as Mercy
- Ramon Angeloni as Birkenstock's Assistant
- Marta Goldstein as Terwilliger's Girlfriend
Reception
[edit]Fred Haeseker of the Calgary Herald called the film, "a blunt stab at a traditional California film noir" and that it "stirs up not so much lurid menace as unrelieved tedium."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Haeseker, Fred (February 24, 1990). "Would-be film noir falters on elements of timing, menace". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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